where do we go from here with israel, and why has israel been so quiet in the face of this gift from the united states to egypt? >> well, israel is looking at a very, very difficult situation, and, you know, the other ovrlay on this is that we've had these elections, and i don't think it's helped benjamin netanyahu necessarily with his domestic political posture that he has difficult relations with the united states, even though we request why our government takes that posture. lou: taking the opportunity to point out the election was generally, the conventional wisdom had been that benjamin netanyahu was on his way to a very strong, wide victory. turns out to be the inverse, a very narrow victory, coalitioned, he'll have a difficult challenge, it looks like in the weeks ahead to create a coalition. >> yeah, he certainly will. again, i think what the perception of animosity between him and president obama hurts him a great deal domestically, and i think in terms of -- you have a white house here that says that israel doesn't know what's in its own best interest. i think we can trust